Songs -- Texts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85125043
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"In the Baggage Coach Ahead" Lyrics, after 1896
File — Box 4265.001: [Barcode: 1006233187], Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This file contains a handwritten version of the 1896 folk song "In the Baggage Coach Ahead." The song, by African American songwriter Gussie Davis, is about a man riding a train with his infant child who tells the other passengers that his wife "is dead in the coach ahead." There are five verses of the song included here.
Dates:
after 1896
"Little Mohe" Lyrics, circa 1890
File — Box 4265.001: [Barcode: 1006233187], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
This file contains a handwritten version of the lyrics to the American folk song "Little Mohe," about a sailor who meets a native woman while he is visiting her country.
Dates:
circa 1890
"The Great Judgment Morning" Lyrics, after 1894
File — Box 4265.001: [Barcode: 1006233187], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This file contains a handwritten copy of the lyrics to the 1894 Christian song "The Great Judgment Morning," originally written by Bert Shadduck.
Dates:
after 1894